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On Mac's this file is located in  /Applications/MATLAB_R2010a.app/licenses/network.lic
On Mac's this file is located in  /Applications/MATLAB_R2010a.app/licenses/network.lic
On Linux systems it is usually located at /usr/local/matlabR2010a/licenses/network.lic (conditional to the install location being /usr/local)


== Common Issues ==
== Common Issues ==

Revision as of 15:16, 24 March 2011

This is a stub. Please see the MATLAB application page for more information and a general overview of MATLAB and its use at UAB.

MATLAB Simplified Install

A quick sketch of the install (Please engage in the Discussion to improve documentation of these steps):

  1. Download and install MATLAB (to get download rights contact your local IT person or mbolding@uab.edu )
  2. Add the following content to the network.lic file in the installation
SERVER lmgr.uabgrid.uab.edu 27000
USE_SERVER

On Mac's this file is located in /Applications/MATLAB_R2010a.app/licenses/network.lic

On Linux systems it is usually located at /usr/local/matlabR2010a/licenses/network.lic (conditional to the install location being /usr/local)

Common Issues

libXp.so.6 Error when starting MATLAB on a Red Hat / Fedora workstation

When executing 'matlab' on a Red Hat / Fedora workstation you may receive the following error:

'bin/glnxa64/MATLAB: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

The solution is to install the libXp package (this will require root privileges)

$ sudo yum install libXp